STATE VS. GOD: ON AN ATHEISTIC IMPLICATION OF EUROPEAN STATISM
Journal Title: Studia Gilsoniana - Year 2015, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
The article consistst of four parts. First, it gives an example of statism present in the contem-porary Europe and consisting in giving the priority to loyalty to the state at the expense of loyalty to God. Secondly, it traces the idea of European statism in the thought of Hobbes and Hegel to show how the state was to replace or equal God’s authority. Thirdly, it considers whether democracy can efficiently protect against statism. Finally, it explores the words of Jesus Christ—“Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s”—to formulate an argument against trading Christian faith for the philosophy of statism.
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Pawel Tarasiewicz
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